Originally published: 1998

pt. I. The War. 1. A Personal Memoir of Grozny and the Chechen War. 2. Russia and Chechnya, 1991-1994: The Origins of War. 3. The Course of the Chechen War -- pt. II. The Russian Defeat. 4. The Masque of Democracy: Russia's Liberal Capitalist Revolution and the Collapse of State Power. 5. 'Who Would Be a Soldier If You Could Work in a Bank?': Social and Cultural Roots of the Russian Defeat. 6. Failure of the Serbian Option, 1: The Collapse of the 'Cossacks'. 7. Failure of the Serbian Option, 2: The Weakness of the Russian Diasporas. 8. 'A Fish Rots from the Head': Military Roots of the Russian Defeat -- pt. III. The Chechen Victory. 9. The Two Hundred Years' War: The History and Context of the Russian-Chechen Conflict. 10. 'We are Free and Equal like Wolves': Social and Cultural Roots of the Chechen Victory. 11. 'The Prayers of Slaves Are Not Heard in Heaven': Chechnya and Islam, a Religious Nation or a National Religion

"The humiliation of Russia by separatist rebels in the Chechen War marked a key moment in Russian - and perhaps world - history. In this new analysis Anatol Lieven offers a riveting account of the war as a means to explore the painful fate of the post-Soviet state."--Jacket

Includes index

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